You know, it always breaks my heart just a little bit in action movies when historic building gets blown up or a priceless vase gets smashed over someone's head or somesuch, because, history. This breaks my heart a lot.

I am very glad that some of that collection is making its way out now, though. Very cool post.posted by wandering steve at 8:07 PM on January 6, 2011

Thanks for the informative references. It is always good to learn new (to me) things about history. And yes, it is always disheartening to learn what has been lost to posterity through wars and invasions... nothing new there sadly.posted by binturong at 9:19 PM on January 6, 2011

Great project. Thanks for the pointer.

Me too, wandering steve. Just experienced some book horror when playing a Call of Duty game with my son, where our unit fought through a library. (shudder)posted by doctornemo at 7:25 AM on January 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Shocking to think that the library had a copy of the orations of Hyderides, if that's true. I had no idea that a copy survived into post-classical times. Too bad it's lost now.posted by dd42 at 10:20 PM on January 8, 2011

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